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The most efficient Hybrid Car

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Written on: 20 December 2008 [22:20]
ecoadmin Administrator Topic creator registered since: 20.07.2007 Posts: 505	Found this useful table on the web. Honda and Toyota are leading the way... ecocarforum.com - Green Car Network
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Written on: 20 December 2008 [23:08]
insight registered since: 26.04.2008 Posts: 33	I can certainly confirm the Insights mpg efficiency since I usually average about 83 mpg Imperial per tank.My best has been 104.7 mpg over a 36 mile distance mixing it with other traffic at speeds of fifty and sixty. My most surprising return was from Swindon back to London on the A4,around the M25 and back up to Cambridge and beyond at speed in the fast lane most of the 150 mile trip with an overall average of 93.4 mpg....even I was shocked at this result! These traveling figures are mostly due to low rolling resistance,excellent aerodynamics,lite weight,high gearing and a lean burn (22-25 to 1)air-fuel ratio with the hybrid side only contributing to changes in acceleration. Just shows how efficient the Insight five speed is and what filling up and going right onto the motorway with no stops over the distance will produce. We waste a lot of fuel reversing,manuevering and starting and stopping. A Hybrid helps with some of this(auto-stop and regen braking)and with the improved instrumentation keeping the driver informed one soon realizes how easy it is to stray with consumption increasing. On a non hybrid If your not moving and your engine is running your getting zero miles per gallon and this eats into the combined figure posted by the manufacturer.This is why the advertised mpg figures of non-hybrids are unobtainable. whereby the hybrid car figures are obtainable and can even be improved upon with practice and watching feedback from the instrumentation.
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Written on: 23 March 2009 [15:42]
abud99 registered since: 23.03.2009 Posts: 3	Honda is still number 1. i just saw honda insight pic from here http://www.ecocarforum.com/forum/posts/toyota_prius_honda_civic_et_al/new_honda_insight.html . Nice looking ride, so sweet.
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Written on: 23 March 2009 [17:03]
insight registered since: 26.04.2008 Posts: 33	Chevy Exhaust I hope you realise this is the new Insight and not the one that is the most efficient as in the above table. That car is the Insight 1 which is the low two seat all aluminum coupe not the one pictured in your link. Insight
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Written on: 31 March 2009 [22:52]
childress Administrator registered since: 14.08.2007 Posts: 131	Huh. Narrow-minded chart. Twike Active, Human-Electric hybrid. 180-600 MPGe Would also love to see a Diesel-Electric hybrid -- biodiesel is the next best thing to electric as far as MPGe/CO2. M@ Twike 433 www.illinois.edu/goto/twike Commute suck? Twike it; You'll like it! http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/twike
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Written on: 29 April 2009 [07:07]
freude09 registered since: 29.04.2009 Posts: 4	Nice to hear that the Toyota Insight tops among the hybrids! let's wait and see if the upcoming hybrids could compete with the Insight!
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Written on: 12 August 2009 [23:20]
prasad1 registered since: 10.08.2009 Posts: 4	Hi, This is Prasad. Like death and taxes, high gas prices have become an inescapable fact of life in this country. As a result, more and more American car buyers are making fuel economy a consideration when choosing vehicles. With those folks in mind, we've compiled a list of the 10 most fuel-efficient cars currently sold in the U.S. Rankings were determined using the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) miles-per-gallon ratings for city and highway travel. More specifically, we tapped the EPA's combined fuel economy formula: 55 percent of city mpg rating plus 45 percent of highway mpg rating. The rating for each vehicle below is expressed in mpg as a city/highway ratio. All ratings apply to base models equipped with a manual transmission, except where indicated otherwise with an asterisk. -------------- Prasad. ...
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